斜面

Chinese

		slanting	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (斜面)		斜	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiémiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ min⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiâ-bīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiémiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siémiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-mien⁴
    • Yale: syé-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyemiann
    • Palladius: семянь (semjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiémiànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siémiànr
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-mien⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syé-myànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyemiall
    • Palladius: семяньр (semjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ mi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce⁴ min⁶
    • Yale: chèh mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹ miːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâ-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: tshiâ-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chia'bin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia²⁴⁻²² bin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia²⁴⁻²² bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia¹³⁻²² bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia²⁴⁻¹¹ bin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia²³⁻³³ bin³³/

Noun

斜面

1. slope; incline
2. (mechanics) inclined plane

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斜	面
しゃ Grade: S	めん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃめん [shàméń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しゃ​めん [sháꜜmèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠mẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

斜(しゃ)面(めん) • (shamen) 

1. slope, gradient, incline, slant face, bevel
2. inclined plane

Usage notes

In Japan, there are considered to be five simple machines, which are the same as the devices considered to be simple machines in the West, with the exception of this device, the inclined plane, which is not usually considered a simple machine in Japan. The five devices usually considered to be simple machines in Japan are the screw, wedge, pulley, lever, and wheel and axle.